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Port Angeles Coast Guard crew rescues kayakers near Whidbey Island

PORT ANGELES — A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew from Port Angeles rescued two stranded kayakers, while other…

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Weather study on Olympic Peninsula employs everything from mules to ‘spy planes’

PORT ANGELES — An intensive scientific study of how storms behave near and on the Olympic Peninsula employed…

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Building expo in Sequim to host more than 70 vendors

SEQUIM — North Olympic Peninsula residents can get help with planning to build a home or fix one…

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WEEKEND REWIND: Crescent School District voters lend support to pair of levies

JOYCE — With the first count of special election ballots, voters in the Joyce area have voiced approval…

The snowcapped Olympic Mountains rise over an irrigated Dungeness farm field. (Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News)

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WEEKEND REWIND: Expert: Olympic snowpack suggests stable summer water supply so far

The snowpack in the Olympic Mountains is above average for February, providing promise of summer river water, but…

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WEEKEND REWIND: Elwha River beach, sea life settling into a new normal

PORT ANGELES — The beach at the Elwha River mouth and the sea life that has taken up…

John and Cammy Thomas of Port Angeles walk along the water's edge at the mouth of the Elwha River west of Port Angeles on Saturday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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WEEKEND REWIND: Public access in works for new beaches on east side of Elwha River mouth

PORT ANGELES — Public access to the new beaches on the east side of the Elwha River mouth…

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Prosecutors mull charging decision in Clallam Bay Corrections Center attack; officer released from hospital

CLALLAM BAY — The final investigator’s report on an assault on a Clallam Bay Corrections Center officer has…

Brandon Brown

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WEEKEND: Building expo in Sequim to host more than 70 vendors starting Saturday

SEQUIM — North Olympic Peninsula residents can get help with planning to build a home or fix one…

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Crescent School District voters lend support to pair of levies

JOYCE — With the first count of special election ballots, voters in the Joyce area have voiced approval…

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Clallam County Public Utility District eyes solar power project in Sequim

CARLSBORG — The Clallam County Public Utility District is exploring the possibility of creating a community-funded solar power…

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Forks names appointee to fill seat on City Council

FORKS — The Forks City Council has selected a retiree from the Air Force and U.S. Department of…

A truck-mounted radar station gathered data on the shores of Lake Ozette from November through Jan. 18. The truck had to be jacked up when the lake rose several feet during December storms and water reached its wheels. (NASA/University of Washington)

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Olympic Mountain Experiment weather data to be detailed in Port Angeles presentation tonight

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — A comprehensive look at Olympic Peninsula weather will be shared when preliminary results of…

The snowcapped Olympic Mountains rise over an irrigated Dungeness farm field. (Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News)

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Expert: Olympic snowpack suggests stable summer water supply so far

The snowpack in the Olympic Mountains is above average for February, providing promise of summer river water, but…

The Port Townsend Police Department found this knife while investigating calls regarding a knife-wielding man Saturday. (Port Townsend Police Department)

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Port Townsend police arrest man after reports of knife-wielding, threats

PORT TOWNSEND — A man has been booked into the Jefferson County jail after police say he threatened…

John and Cammy Thomas of Port Angeles walk along the water's edge at the mouth of the Elwha River west of Port Angeles on Saturday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Public access in works for new beaches on east side of Elwha River mouth

PORT ANGELES — Public access to the new beaches on the east side of the Elwha River mouth…

Forest Koehler

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Elwha River beach, sea life settling into a new normal

PORT ANGELES — The beach at the Elwha River mouth and the sea life that has taken up…

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WEEKEND: Dolls, teddy bears on display Saturday

PORT ANGELES — Dolls, teddy bears and tea sets will set the tables at the 20th annual Promise…

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WEEKEND REWIND: Woman sought in Sequim armed robbery turns herself in

SEQUIM — One of two people sought in a Sequim motel robbery has been taken into custody, according…

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WEEKEND REWIND: Seattle seafood company alters proposal to move salmon farm out of Port Angeles Harbor

PORT ANGELES — A seafood company has slightly altered its proposal to move its Atlantic salmon farm operation…